Holdings Alumni Association Alumni Frederick J. Ruegsegger Papers Finding Aid Title: Frederick J. Ruegsegger Papers, 1928-1978
ID: 26/20/136
Primary Creator: Ruegsegger, Frederick J. (1920-)
Extent: 9.9 cubic feet
Arrangement: By type of material (text & audio) and chronological thereunder
Subjects: Brundage, Avery, Financial Management, Germany - Sports and Recreation, Hotels, International Olympic Committee, Lasalle Hotel, Chicago, Montecito Country Club, Santa Barbara, CA, Olympics, Real Estate Investment and Management, Santa Barbara, California, Silver Mining, South Africa, Republic of - Sports and Recreation, Tonopah, Nevada
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Paper of Frederick J. Ruegsegger (1920- ) assistant to Avery Brundage (1950-75), including correspondence, documents, notes, newspaper and magazine articles, audiotapes and film concerning the Olympic Games, including the controversy over South Africa's participation (1968) and the killing of eleven members of the Israeli team (1972); the International Olympic Committee, (1965-75), including audiotapes of meetings of the IOC, the Executive Committee, and the Executive Board (1969-72); management and sale of Brundage's real estate and mining properties in Chicago, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Calif., and Nevada, including the La Salle Hotel (Chicago ) and the Montecito Country Club; Brundage's investments; Brundage's 80th birthday celebration (1967), Brundage's marriage to Mariann Princess Reuss (1973-75), and dispute with other executors over Avery Brundage's estate (1975-78). Significant correspondents include Avery Brundage, Frances M. Blakely, Beatrice G. Thompson, Edward J. Leven, Monique Berlioux, Daniel H. Mortereux, Heinz Schobel and Bobby S. Hirai.
Brundage, Avery
Financial Management
Germany - Sports and Recreation
Hotels
International Olympic Committee
Lasalle Hotel, Chicago
Montecito Country Club, Santa Barbara, CA
Olympics
Real Estate Investment and Management
Santa Barbara, California
Silver Mining
South Africa, Republic of - Sports and Recreation
Tonopah, Nevada
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Other Note: Box 1 has been missing since 2018 or earlier. In Dec. 2022, 4 folders from box 1 were found misfiled in a different series, and added as box 28 at the end of this series.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620136.pdf
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